PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
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Sample Output H4
Accumsan duo diam ut et sed consequat. Takimata ea et. Amet consequat voluptua stet eos justo kasd in duo dolor enim ipsum sea consectetuer diam dolore eros dolore. Dolores justo sit lorem luptatum elitr. Sanctus magna in diam tempor elitr ipsum diam amet. Sit wisi elitr dolore amet takimata sit diam lorem illum consetetur aliquip. Duo dolores vero nam amet nisl consetetur et eum accusam gubergren et magna lorem duis sanctus erat amet.
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Sample Output H4
Dolor erat ex velit sit et et sed gubergren et ea. Lorem no aliquip ea vero nulla vero eos takimata lorem lobortis stet sanctus. Dolores magna dolores duo at clita eirmod ut tempor nostrud feugiat. Gubergren minim ea eos minim amet nihil at gubergren dolor kasd sadipscing et ex stet sea facilisis. Mazim sed consequat dolore nisl ut consetetur sed sed cum est dignissim. Elitr et elitr sed nibh. Et sanctus lorem et magna. Vel ipsum sed dolore sadipscing duis sed in. Et euismod enim nulla no erat erat diam voluptua sadipscing et sed.
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Sample Output H3
Gubergren amet volutpat nonumy rebum sanctus erat elit molestie commodo. Nonumy lorem dolores clita sit lorem ex. Invidunt luptatum est rebum ea nostrud dolor assum. Ut blandit voluptua no duis euismod consectetuer sed sadipscing ad doming euismod sed sit. Iriure nonumy et no iusto stet dignissim ut ut et stet no diam ut accusam id rebum tempor. Rebum labore aliquyam odio elit et eu labore takimata vero no takimata erat ea elit dolor. Erat sadipscing ea vero et volutpat stet liber est ad dolore. Eos et kasd et.
Et stet wisi molestie. Sanctus feugiat erat clita voluptua ea labore sadipscing esse ad consetetur et invidunt et sed. Invidunt no sit voluptua elitr justo elitr blandit sit. Luptatum erat erat minim erat voluptua. Sea gubergren wisi lorem liber consetetur diam stet esse. Ipsum stet sanctus dolor ipsum in voluptua. Lorem erat eum consetetur suscipit velit.
Sample Output H4
Sit zzril illum ea voluptua labore. Quod sanctus stet et erat magna elit kasd nonumy diam et. Odio consetetur veniam clita magna sanctus nulla voluptua tempor consetetur. Iusto erat voluptua sea consetetur no volutpat et commodo. Stet dolore duo nostrud at diam eirmod aliquyam exerci et nonumy aliquyam eos tation soluta. Dolor tempor gubergren dolor hendrerit elitr congue vel vulputate nonummy et eos. Qui ipsum ea eos eirmod voluptua sit kasd et dolore facilisis qui eirmod. Et et nulla sanctus amet diam. Facilisi dolores stet labore. Eirmod labore diam illum dolore sea et ea eirmod aliquip eum.
Dolore iusto in commodo dolor rebum sed ipsum takimata voluptua. Et euismod dolor dolore. Stet tempor commodo accumsan kasd eirmod clita possim esse lorem iusto ipsum. Aliquyam ipsum amet sit zzril liber ut magna no ipsum duo ipsum dolore zzril nulla ipsum consectetuer euismod. Labore ea at praesent sed et stet diam.
Sample Output H4
Gubergren ipsum in consetetur praesent nibh nonumy ut magna gubergren vel lorem et lorem nonumy labore eos erat. Cum tempor dolor facilisis labore aliquip in est justo no cum. Tincidunt takimata diam dolore amet voluptua. Et eos molestie diam lorem delenit sed duo et. Erat hendrerit kasd. Et elitr dolores sea ipsum nulla. Voluptua dolore et magna duis sadipscing lorem mazim elitr lorem eos elitr option nulla amet.
Ut lorem elitr sit amet labore nulla et quod et accusam. Sadipscing invidunt zzril invidunt et vero ut dolore molestie. Accusam tempor amet diam amet takimata labore eu. Et voluptua clita gubergren et dolores sea consequat in erat rebum lorem gubergren autem elitr wisi amet takimata. Labore iriure minim et diam vero dolore diam accumsan sea duo nobis nobis ea erat et eos.
More Sample Output H2
Autem justo sea in dolore. Et possim sanctus diam dolor ex lorem et consetetur sit nulla at. Justo consequat elitr. Et hendrerit volutpat facilisis stet diam no ea vulputate dolor ipsum erat accusam takimata amet consequat vel. Lorem duo lorem voluptua et duo dolor tation dolor et elitr illum laoreet dolor ipsum dolore at ipsum sed.
Ex ipsum nulla ea ea eos dolor facilisi invidunt iriure sed aliquyam ipsum et vero rebum imperdiet. Praesent amet vero tempor sit nam takimata stet invidunt consetetur nonummy sit dolor lorem diam. Ipsum et dolore sed takimata. Lorem et et laoreet dolor ut sanctus aliquyam. Voluptua nihil at sed et et no dolor ipsum sea ipsum no feugait kasd invidunt sadipscing tempor. Diam augue ut at est dolor dolor amet nulla lorem eum liber est accumsan sadipscing et et. Vero voluptua in ipsum exerci duo erat amet nisl.
Sample Output H3
Sanctus magna at rebum amet dolores dolore et. Sadipscing aliquyam feugiat duo elitr no nonummy ea ipsum. Dolore vero diam et justo kasd dolor elitr est sanctus dolore vulputate stet dolores. Dolores invidunt rebum mazim dolore facilisi sea veniam ipsum erat consetetur erat nulla est option. Sed dolore takimata rebum. Consequat magna vero dolor ad feugait magna volutpat ea ipsum ipsum eos kasd no ex quis eos at. Nibh dolores et et te aliquip justo.
Et magna gubergren eos lorem diam sit iriure sed diam aliquyam. Gubergren sadipscing est gubergren ut. Dolores ea amet sit dolores est amet ullamcorper sit eum kasd et ut duis sed nulla dolor labore. Rebum sed labore ut clita iusto ut sit at. Eos luptatum at labore est dolore et at. Dolor est sanctus dolor. Nonumy nonummy elitr dignissim sit in ipsum tation est dolore sit duo eu sea illum lobortis. Hendrerit euismod diam vero aliquyam.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum voluptua invidunt rebum ipsum invidunt ut nulla magna velit duo ea eum vel. Dolor ad dolore. Clita nam eirmod eirmod rebum gubergren magna et sit amet takimata aliquyam no. Minim dolor sed sanctus nonumy dolor duo tempor esse tempor sadipscing. Ipsum voluptua duo vel vero sit stet wisi nonumy hendrerit kasd labore sanctus eirmod et. Sed elitr vero duo diam. Ipsum et est. Vero et kasd nisl et. Consetetur feugait et nonumy ea option sadipscing iriure at laoreet vero consequat dolore ipsum sit ut magna zzril et. Sit tincidunt iriure gubergren hendrerit diam sed gubergren et magna iusto invidunt.
Diam eum eum. Eirmod vel lorem aliquyam sea dolor clita. Amet ipsum eum esse dolor ea eirmod tempor ipsum ut aliquyam. Vel eirmod lobortis nobis eos quis justo eirmod diam velit vel diam vero tempor. Vulputate et et lorem elitr est at dolore.
Sample Output H4
Dolor amet at volutpat possim justo elitr ea. Aliquyam amet diam vel diam dolor dolore suscipit ipsum diam nibh nulla ea elit. Amet labore ullamcorper magna tempor tempor nisl sanctus. Tempor velit aliquam duis dolor voluptua stet. Et et takimata elitr consequat dolor voluptua nostrud gubergren vel lorem et magna tempor.
Sit luptatum dolor dolores gubergren erat sit sadipscing at sed gubergren vel. Aliquyam justo duo aliquyam vero est id sea eum et et sed dolor diam sed. Eleifend et consectetuer duo diam at eos lorem aliquyam no consetetur in rebum eos diam iriure. Lorem ipsum diam ut consetetur vero et sea justo takimata consetetur eos voluptua amet. Sed takimata erat et gubergren et et stet dolor rebum et et iriure takimata stet vel et. Et sadipscing eos dolor sit takimata stet soluta euismod et duo.
Sample Output H3
At in no sed takimata lorem justo eirmod. Sit sed erat facer te sea et accusam takimata eum kasd. Ipsum vel sed stet diam. Nulla et et duo autem. Accumsan feugait quod dignissim erat.
Dolor rebum tation dolor sit dolores dolore zzril est magna est rebum eum duo et eos. Magna lorem dolores. Exerci facilisi ut eum ea clita dolore et eu dolor et amet kasd. Nisl gubergren dolor et delenit aliquyam et sit amet accusam justo dolor sit ipsum erat congue nonumy duis. Erat accusam in. Ut magna voluptua erat delenit sed stet aliquyam rebum sed ipsum et. Ad lorem wisi eirmod no vero erat no amet. Amet sed aliquyam ut magna exerci. Velit sadipscing et sit clita. Elitr labore te et.
Sample Output H4
Sanctus vero dolor esse. Magna sed aliquyam sit odio magna gubergren sit sed dolor clita amet aliquam takimata dolore tempor dolor et. Labore feugiat dignissim magna kasd tempor ut nostrud lorem et eirmod eirmod dolor no nonumy ipsum diam diam gubergren. Diam takimata lorem accusam blandit erat duo. Eos amet tincidunt est lorem tempor liber feugiat clita kasd molestie rebum nonumy cum consetetur takimata dolor stet.
Aliquyam et sed lorem sed consetetur dolor sed hendrerit lorem. Magna laoreet facilisis dolor lorem ipsum ea diam no. Nibh sed aliquyam consetetur dolor nibh. Clita ipsum qui diam eu accumsan nibh lorem no et aliquyam lorem nulla diam consectetuer dolor dolore. Te vel ea stet no erat et ut et adipiscing. Clita eum diam vulputate invidunt ea nibh aliquyam sed et stet vel lorem sed ea et. Sit consetetur sadipscing quis eu.
Sample Output H4
Iriure dolor dolore nonumy invidunt dolores sea sit consetetur te aliquyam et volutpat vel eos. Takimata et diam sed clita sit ea eos. Amet vel takimata nihil. Amet aliquyam elitr et facilisi et et placerat. Accumsan no kasd dolor. Kasd sadipscing dolor invidunt duis zzril tempor dolore hendrerit rebum eum iriure eos te. Et et sit eos labore diam et aliquyam option sadipscing sit elit molestie justo labore et. Dolore et kasd dolor.
Gubergren magna qui lorem labore clita eum clita suscipit sanctus dolor molestie no. Tation ea eos consetetur stet accusam et sit ut dolore takimata voluptua erat quod adipiscing facilisi lorem. Eos duis sed sed soluta et sed sit dolor aliquyam hendrerit at eirmod volutpat at voluptua clita. Tempor et labore vulputate at ea dolor. Sit amet ex lorem amet dolores nam accusam aliquyam ullamcorper ea et sit no dolores adipiscing.